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Omid Masihzadeh, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

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Omid Masihzadeh, Ph.D.

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Dr. Masihzadeh’s research has been focused towards two main subjects, laser assisted multiphoton microscopy, and development of laser assisted surgical tools. Functional and structural multiphoton imaging, including second harmonic generation (SHG), third harmonic generation (THG), two-photon autofluorescent (2PAF), Raman spectroscopy, and coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, has found increasing interest in the laboratory-based research. Properties like subcellular resolution, along with the ability to obtain structural imaging make these modalities unique compared to linear imaging modalities. Dr. Masihzadeh’s goal is on optimizing these tools for ocular specific research.

Femtosecond lasers, the centerpiece in multiphoton microscopy, have been recently introduced as an important tool to assist in performing ocular surgeries. The currently available cataract surgery femtosecond lasers help with creating corneal incisions, incising the anterior capsule of the lens and partially fragmenting the lens. It has become clear however that there are performance limitations inherent to the hardware used in these devices. Further development of femtosecond ocular surgery hardware is another goal in Dr. Masihzadeh’s research.